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    Lady Elizabeth Harlander has lived almost all the life she can recall within the safe, secluded walls of Saint Margaret's, a convent school for girls of means in Calais, France. Despite her dear uncle's attempts to wed her off, she remains-- but tragedy strikes. The wind blows cold from the North. And soon... something finds her.

    Or: Elizabeth Harlander gets her happy ending.

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    29 Dec 2025

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  2. Public Bookmark 62

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    More than 150 years ago, they met for the first time only to be torn apart. Now, in the early 21st century, Lizzie (Elizabeth) knows nothing of her past life aside from fragments that come to her in dreams. She's researching entomology at Clerval University, and her lab is equipped with a beautiful greenhouse. In the evening, a mysterious tall man tends the plants, and she feels a connection with him she can't explain. Adam privately recognizes her from so long ago but assumes the resemblance must be a coincidence. After decades alone in his cottage, he's carved out a peaceful life for himself, but everything changes when Lizzie's old memories begin to resurface.

    A modern post-canon sequel where these two get all the love they deserve.

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    01 Jan 2026

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    Large, freezing fingers take hold of his hair and wrench him up, up onto trembling knees as it snarls, there, close enough to rip his throat open with its maw of borrowed teeth.

    "Do not think I am not tempted, Victor!" There is no heat to its breath, as it bellows its contempt not an inch from his face. Only moisture, and rushing air, expelled to defile his name. "To bleed you. To humble you."

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    "You have denied me death, I deny you in kind. You must live, Victor."

    He hates the sound of his name in its mouth. Hates it. Had only it died as intended, that he would never suffer the sound again.

    "For if you will not grant me a companion, I will take you as one."

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    04 Jan 2026

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  4. Public Bookmark 31

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    “God,” he mocked, apple held up in the air, and some scientists behind the balustrades laughed. If only the world knew what a joke that truly was— if only the world knew the marvel housed beneath his skin.

    Or: In which Victor is spurred on in his pursuits not by the Dark Angel, but by a soul he’s hell-bent on providing a home for.

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    29 Jan 2026

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  5. Public Bookmark 49

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    The storm is still two hours off according to JARVIS, but at this point, the team can’t communicate clearly over the roaring wind and they run the risk of injuring themselves or getting themselves killed if they can’t coordinate their rescue efforts. They’ll go back to the Tower, dry off, eat a hearty meal, and rest until the storm passes and they can resume their efforts.

    Steve wonders how things have been for Clint, trying to manage Kate’s desire to launch herself into the storm with her teeth bared on the one hand and Jigsaw’s renewed fame in the midst of the evacuated crowds on the second and third floors on the other hand.

    It’s an interesting time to be an Avenger, but when hasn’t that been the case?

    (Or: The one where Hurricane Sandy is in full swing, Thor returns, and Jigsaw must face the consequences of having been recognized as Bucky. The therapy continues, the relationships heat up, and the found family grows. A direct sequel to Stitch Me Up.)

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    12 Dec 2025

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